go with yer gut! it looks good

Personally, I prefer the second one, but the first one does better match your site. So...if that's important to you, then go with the first.

Both look nice, and you'll be fine either way!

Good work!

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Thanks all! The feedback is much appreciated. Paul, I agree with you as far as "going with my gut"; it's something I've always been pretty good doing with clients' work, but I often tend to over think and second-guess my own self-promo stuff...

I prefer #2. But you might consider making your name smaller, and setting it U&lc. As it stands, your name and the studio name are roughly the same size/shape, and they're fighting for dominance. I think the quiet confidence of a smaller name would add a little sophistication to the presentation.

Number one is closed to 'horror vacui' but the best of the two. Number two: I think it's too crowded around the 'B' ... I think the light grey and ochre elements says "decoration without purpose" ...

Generally I like your choice of colours.

I think the 'B' in the circle is problematic. You have drawn it in perspective, haven't you ... but something is wrong in the bottom ... it looks warped. And the tiny dark grey background just under the 'B' (inside the circle) must be hard to print in small versions.

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Yeah I would definately reduce the size of the name because it is very dominant but just one thing I would watch out. Have the name and email been sized to be the same width? or was that just coincidence? It may be tough to keep the same format for longer or shorter names on other cards.

Thanks again for the continued feedback. S

As I continue tinkering with the design, I've got a couple other layouts I'd like to toss out for consideration and see what you all think. For both, I've added additional information in the main "box" (added a title and moved the phone number up from the bottom of the card) and tried aligning it both left and right. I added color to the title simply to break up the block of text a bit. I think it the color also serves to help to emphasize the individual's name without it dominating the studio's name (as in the initial mockups).

I also played around with the size and positioning of the logo. I left it in place (lower left) for the first design below (#3) but scaled it 125% and moved it into the color block on the left (version #4). I like the contrast of the colors, which makes the logo appear to "pop" a bit more, and it also makes visible the outermost dark grey ring on the logo (which more closely matches my presentation of the logo on my website - http://www.bainbridgestudios.com), but it does seem to shift the balance of the layout quite a bit -- it feels more "top heavy" and less anchored with the logo moved up.

Of these two I prefer the first (#3) and am somewhere between the revised #1 (#1B -- previous post) and this one.